We had an entertaining afternoon visit from Paul Berbarian. While Paul is an extremely interesting guy on any day of the week, he added a new layer today by bringing The Segway. Yes, that’s right. The Segway.

After a brief demo from Paul (who has become a professional Segway-rider in a matter of a day), he let us all have a quick turn on it to zoom around the Founders Room.

I’ve never been on a Segway and I assumed the handles conducted the steering.. I was wrong. The steering is negotiated by the weight you put on the foot pads - so to go forward you put your weight into your toes, and to stop you just lean back on your feet.

Paul turned up the heat when he turned up the speed and soon we were zipping rapidly about the room; which by the way, houses all of the important hardware that in turn houses all of the important IP and technology for every company in Techstars (I’m not sure if he got Cohen’s permission). It was risky but we escaped any major disasters (although I got close to careening directly into Flux’s hard core computer station.)

This picture was taken as I was coming up on a turn at a serious pace. I think I’m a natural.

Paul purchased two Segways with the very clear and confirmed understanding that they have a 90-day return policy. So catch him before October and maybe he’ll take you on a spin.